US intelligence sharing with Ukraine rebounds as Kyiv strikes Russian oil targets deep inside Russia
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US intelligence sharing with Ukraine has rebounded to full strength after a February 2025 cutoff, Senator Mark Warner said this month. The renewed cooperation feeds targeting packages for Ukrainian strikes on Russian troop positions and energy infrastructure inside Russia.
Key Facts
- The CIA spent more than a decade and millions of dollars training and equipping Ukrainian intelligence officers, building around a dozen secret forward-operating bases along the Russian border, ABC News reported in January 2025.
- The Atlantic reported that U.S. intelligence feeds targeting packages for strikes on Russian troop positions in Ukraine and on energy infrastructure inside Russia.
- Senators John Cornyn and Roger Wicker told Politico they see a direct connection between the White House’s view of Ukraine’s battlefield successes and Kyiv’s access to U.S. intelligence.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe is credited by American and Ukrainian sources with keeping intelligence free of charge.
Rebuilt Intelligence Partnership
The CIA has worked closely with Ukraine’s intelligence services since Russia’s 2014 invasion, building a partnership that grew from assistance and training into a two-way exchange of intelligence. That relationship nearly collapsed in February 2025, when an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended with Washington temporarily cutting off intelligence and weapons. Senator Mark Warner, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s ranking member, said this month that the two countries have moved past previous hurdles and returned to a strong intelligence partnership. Warner declined to give specifics but said the arrangement “has improved.” The CIA has spent more than a decade and millions of dollars training and equipping Ukrainian intelligence officers, building around a dozen secret forward-operating bases along the Russian border, ABC News reported in January 2025.
Long-Range Strike Targeting
Senator Warner said the current arrangement has helped Kyiv gain an edge, with long-range drones and missiles now hitting targets far inside Russia. The intelligence reaches directly into the strike campaign, including targeting packages for strikes on Russian troop positions in Ukraine and on energy infrastructure inside Russia, The Atlantic reported. Kyiv’s mid- and deep-range strikes continue to hammer Russia’s oil industry after the February 2025 intelligence cutoff, according to Defense News. Senators John Cornyn and Roger Wicker told Politico they see a direct connection between the White House’s view of Ukraine’s battlefield successes and Kyiv’s access to intelligence. Cornyn said, “Everybody loves a winner and looks like Ukraine has turned the tide.”
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US intelligence sharing with Ukraine rebounds as Kyiv strikes Russian oil targets deep inside Russia
